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s. H. SUBLETT.

PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26, 1907 JWZ/KM/YZZZZEZZEW m A TTOPNE-YS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL H: SUBLETT, OF HATTON, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES N. PORTER, OF VANDERVOORT, ARKANSAS.

TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed May 25, 1907- Serial No. 375.683.

and that may be positively held in Stilt when once adjusted.

With the above and other objects in view as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a truss as will be hereinafter fully dcscribed and claimed.

.lnthe accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figu1-e 1 is a view in perspective of a truss constructed in accordance with the present invention exhibiting the same applied to position. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of a portion of the truss.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a yoke spring,

which is shaped to fit over the crest of the pelvis of the wearer and is constructed preferably of spring steel and has its respective terminals threaded to be engaged by two pads 2 and 3, of which the pad 2 is designed to fit behind the hip joint and the pad 3 to exert pressure on These pads may be made of any suitable material and of any desired contour and by reason of their threaded connection with the yoke will readily turn about the yoke terminals as axes and thereby automatically adjust themselves to position. In order to protect the yoke from corrosion due to exudations from the body of the wearer, the same is inclosed by a shield or covering 4 of rubber.

Combined with the yoke, at points adjacent to the two pads is an attaching belt which is preferably of nonelastic webbing, and, as shown in Fig. 1, is in two sections 5 and 6, the latter of which carries a buckle by which requisite adjustments may be effected. The section 5 of the belt is adapted to pass around the back and abdomen of the wearer and over the crest of the pelvis at the side of the body opposite that engaged by the yoke, thus to hold the latter in position. In order to obviate the discomfort that would result from placing the belt section 5 under tension suflicient to hold the truss positively in place, a second or supporting belt 7 is provided, which is constructed preferably of elastic webbing, one terminal of which is provided with a buckle 8 for the usual purpose. This belt is connected with the yoke, at or adjacent to its crest by a loop 9 of elastic webbing or any other suitable material, and operates to secure a firm connection between the yoke and the belt. This belt will operate to prevent any shifting of the yoke when once in position, and will obviate the necessity of placing the belt section 5 under such tension as would cause uneasiness or discomfort to the wearer.

What is claimed is:

A truss comprising a yoke shapcd spring, pads carried by the terminals thereof, a non-elastic attaching semi-belt assembled with the spring, an elastic supporting belt, and a loop carried by the latter belt and slidably connected with the spring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL H. STBLET'I.

Witnesses C. J. WILsoN, T. H. Cnownnu. 

